Jennie Magiera is the digital-learning coordinator for the Academy for Urban School Leadership, a network of 29 Chicago Public Schools. She previously taught math to 4th and 5th graders. As an Apple Distinguished Educator, Google Certified Teacher, and Chicago Public School's 2012 Tech Innovator of the Year, Jennie has been working to redefine education through effective technology use. You can follow her on Twitter at @MsMagiera and at TeachingLikeIt’s2999.

In this interview, Alex tells me how iPevo got started, their adorable canine mascot and how teachers are driving their products. My biggest takeaway was learning about their "makerspace" culture - an environment of "if you can dream it, you can build it". With an idea/execution/iteration loop faster than most other products take to update archaic existing hardware, and an attitude of letting educators drive innovation, iPevo is definitely a start up helping to improve educational opportunities for teachers and students.

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